How can you explain the difference in times for a whole cup cake holder to fall compared to when it is screwed up into in a ball due to surface area, air resistance and mass?

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Annem Rehman 10D

        How can you explain the difference in times for a whole cup cake holder to fall compared to when it is screwed up into in a ball due to surface area, air resistance and mass?

Equipment

  • 6 cup cake holders
  • Metre Ruler
  • Stop Watch
  • Blue Tack

Method

        We started by weighing a single cup cake holder, it being (0.2g.) We dropped it from a distance of 1.84m from the ground. We then recorded the time it took to fall. We then screwed it up and dropped it from the same distance to see whether surface area had an effect on the time.

        After the first experiment we started investigating mass as well by adding 0.2g of blue tack every time on 5 more cup cake holders, repeating the screwed up and non screwed up procedure.

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Fair Test

        This will be a fair test as it will be the same distance (1.84m) for each occasion and will be in the same condition room with no more or less wind. The Blue tack will be exactly 0.2g each time it is added onto the previous weight.

Results

Conclusion

        By carrying out this experiment I have learnt that surface area plays a great part on an object being dropped from a distance, even if the mass of the object is the same. The greater the surface area of the object, the greater air resistance, ...

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